1/ Incremental policy changes are not enough. There should be a national police academy with universal standards for policing everywhere. The training should be much longer than that it is now and should include non-violent conflict resolution techniques.

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2/ We should return to community policing, and there should be far more mental health support for policemen (they too are traumatized and live in a constant state of low-grade panic). There should also be a national registry of bad cops so they can’t just move from town to town.
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3/ But more than anything we should place the responsibility where it belongs: at the feet of politicians who for the sake of their own power have allowed so much societal despair to form, that it’s like a petrie dish out of which collective pathologies inevitably arise.
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Absolutely!
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That’s what we’re missing. I don’t care if someone grabs an officer’s taser. I don’t care if a person is resisting arrest. I want to know first how these officers are getting into situations where they are resorting to killing black ppl. Taking a life is not the only resort.
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I think there is gold in this article I hope more and more US Citizens read this essay Sincerely medium.com/@OfcrACab/confess…
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How bout a warning shot in the air in some situations. Maybe this would've prevented Rayshard Brooks death. Police definitely need much more situational training. I can't imagine how hard it would be to be a police officer.
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Exactly Marianne, A barber is required more training hours than a police officer! #hope HOW BACKWARD IS THAT? Dear America, The skies are dark now, and have been for sometime, but as we see more clearly the reasons for darkness on earth, it is then we will see the light!
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And make it VERY hard to get in. Like West Point.
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Mandatory drug testing. Cops have a steroid abuse problem as well. abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3…
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And mental health evaluations.
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Like a Department of Peace? 😉♥️🌎
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